31 Oct
2008
31 Oct
'08
3:12 a.m.
On Thu, 2008-10-30 at 16:39 -0400, R.A. Hettinga wrote:
It seems that Donald Knuth had his bank accounts attacked not once but three times using his checking account number off of checks he sent out for bounties for flaws in his books and software, and is thus ending a practice of nearly 40 years. Rather sad.
Two solutions quickly come to mind: using money orders (I'm assuming the bounties are under the daily purchase limit for same), or a service such as Paypal. Neither are without their disadvantages, of course. -- Shawn K. Quinn <skquinn@speakeasy.net>